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About Waddat

Waddat is a curated travel directory for Southeast Asia. We publish destination guides, hotel and hostel pages and long-form planning articles across 12 countries: Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Philippines, Laos, Singapore, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Brunei and Timor-Leste.

We are an editorial edit, not a booking marketplace. Every destination and stay on the site is chosen and written up individually rather than scraped at volume, and the aim is simple: help you decide where to go and where to stay, then get out of the way.

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Who writes Waddat

Articles are published by the Waddat editorial team and credited to Waddat as an organisation. Some research and drafting is assisted by AI tools, and time-sensitive facts are checked against the sources described below.

You can reach the editor directly at [email protected] or through our contact page.

How we research and choose

Destinations

We cover the cities, islands and regions that independent travellers actually shortlist, and each destination page answers the same planning questions: when to go, what to do, how to get there and around, where to stay, what to eat and what a day costs.

Hotels and hostels

Stays are picked for a clear reason, such as location, character, heritage or value, across budget, mid-range and luxury tiers. We describe rooms, facilities and the neighbourhood from the property's own published information. We do not publish guest review scores or nightly prices, because both change daily; check them live with the booking partner linked on each page. Browse every hotel and hostel we cover.

Fact checking

Time-sensitive facts such as visa rules, entry requirements, transport schedules and fees are checked against official sources where they exist: government immigration and e-visa portals, national tourism boards, national park authorities and the transport operators themselves. Budget figures are given in local currency with a US dollar guide and are estimates, not quotes.

Updates

We review guides on a rolling basis and prioritise pages whose facts change most, such as visas and transport. Each article shows the date it was published and the date it was last updated. Rules change quickly in this region, so always confirm entry requirements with the official source before you travel.

Affiliate disclosure

Waddat is free to read and is funded by affiliate links. When you book a hotel, tour or ticket through some of our links, for example with Agoda, Trip.com or Musement, and in some guides Booking.com, Klook, Viator or 12Go, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

Commissions do not decide what we cover or how we describe it. Read more about the affiliate programs we use.

Corrections policy

If you spot something wrong or out of date, a changed visa rule, a closed hotel, a broken link, please email [email protected] with the page address and what has changed, ideally with a link to the official source. We check every report and correct the page when the source confirms it; material corrections update the page's "Updated" date.

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